Why don't you guys take this conversation to a Microsoft oriented mailing list? On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 02:44:11PM -0700, Carl Parrish wrote: > I believe that according to the anti-trust laws. *Being* a monopoly in an > open market *is* against the law. (course I could be wrong. Memory of my > history class is foggy at best) > > Carl Parrish > Webmaster > ComputerPREP.com > > > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Jim W > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 2:19 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: What shell we do with the Microsoft..... > > > Not quite, Carl. The judge has decreed that M$ is a monopoly. The decision > about whether they violated any law is still pending. I agree that the > judge's decree seems to indicate that he believes that there were laws > broken, but until he states that in public, under the U.S. constitution, M$ > is still innocent. > > Jim > > the future is now > > From: Carl Parrish > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > Date: Friday, March 31, 2000 2:13 PM > Subject: RE: What shell we do with the Microsoft..... > > > > > >The courts seems to disagree with you. They've already judged that M$ did > >infact break the law. > > > >Carl Parrish > >Webmaster > >ComputerPREP.com > > > > > >From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > >[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Joseph > >T. Tannenbaum > >Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 12:48 PM > >To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > >Subject: RE: What shell we do with the Microsoft..... > > > > > >They didn't "break the law", they just were not nice. > > > >Joe > > > >> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > >> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Kevin > >> O'Connor > >> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 9:21 PM > >> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > >> Subject: Re: What shell we do with the Microsoft..... > >> > >> > >> The buying public doesn't 'decide' ... They follow like lemmings. > >> > >> Microsoft has broken the law. There are penalties for that. > >> > >> Kevin O > >> > >> "Mark R. Myers" wrote: > >> > > >> > My vote is to do nothing and leave Microsoft alone. > >> > No one put a gun to anyone's head and said that they had to purchase a > >> > Microsoft product. > >> > No tobacco company got someone addicted to nicotine against their will. > >> > With the AOL/Time Warner merger, it will make them a much larger > company > >> > than Microsoft and should provide some formidable competition. > >> > I like free software, but more importantly, I love free enterprise. > >> > I say, let the buying public decide, not a judge. > >> > There were no lawsuits by Sony when the VHS format (invented by > >> JVC) beat > >> > out Betamax, even though Betamax was a better product. > >> > I say, let the market decide. Let the people decide. > >> > There are some Microsoft products that I do like. > >> > Microsoft gave me a free copy of Windows2000 Professional (see, they > are > >> > getting into free software! :-) ) > >> > IMHO, it is the best OS that they have put out yet. > >> > But again, let the people decide. > >> > I DO NOT like Microsoft's businesses practices. I think Bill > >> Gates' parents > >> > never taught him how to "play nice." > >> > But there are other companies that I don't like their business > practices > >> > too. > >> > I purchased SuSE 6.3 (I will give all of the disks away free to > >> anyone who > >> > wants them). > >> > For some reason, I could not get it to print. > >> > I never had that problem with any other brand of Linux. > >> > When I contacted customer service via e-mail concerning the issue, as a > >> > registered SuSE users, I was informed that basic customer > >> service did not > >> > include the ability to make your computer able to print. > >> > I am sorry, but I think that printing is one of the main > >> reasons PCs took > >> > off in the first place. I consider printing to be a "basic need" of an > >> > operating system. > >> > So I disagree. I think Microsoft should be scolded for > >> predatory business > >> > practices, and that is that. Let the buyers decided. > >> > I guess I'm just too much a disciple of Milton Freedman economics. > >> > Mark > >> > > >> > From: "Furmanek, Greg" > >> > To: > >> > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 3:01 PM > >> > Subject: What shell we do with the Microsoft..... > >> > > >> > > I have great suggestion how to equalize the market MS > >> > > is monopolizing!!! > >> > > > >> > > Fine MS $15,000,000,000.00 and donate the money to > >> > > Free Software Foundation!!!! > >> > > > >> > > The Wolf > >> > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > >> > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >> > >> "Waving away a cloud of smoke, I look up, and am blinded by a bright, > >> white > >> light. It's God. No, not Richard Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, but God. > >> In > >> a booming voice, He says: "THIS IS A SIGN. 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